Sunday, December 26, 2021

Close As an Ear

 

bounce me into friction, the dog ravished the kitten, the mothers at one last hit—the rocks, those pebbles, digging into faces—a fool for hells, a member of euthanasia, why in gods should suffering overcome comforts? so buried, a juvenile, walking harder, looking weak, so afraid they might sense father’s absence. a snake in me, a gift in others, my conscience felt like chewed neckbones. so whipped, so enlove, like a damn monkey. into gusts, better into rain, the reign of the bully—met a cool chap, was at it like thieves, jealousy crept in—the bare-handed disrespect, the rumors, I keep surrendering—it seems crazy, but gods need mercenaries. I’ve read Tibet, I feel Black-Asian, unto a masters in human condition. I hit a fence, a face roused, the pain is in the silence. I met a woman, an Italian goddess, I was tripping, a woman with three kids, a husband, drifting nine days a month into fantasies. I appear to myself. we conversate. I flip into an apparatus. so prison related, so accomplished, such hate from beings doing excellence. bounce me into friction, the cat killed the kitten, too many odors, not enough clarity. I listen, like close as an ear, debating status, confines, chi, and pain.       

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